Ankle Mobility and How it can Cause Pain and Limit Performance
Have you ever heard a dance instructor tell one of her students to get lower or get your knee over your toes? Sounds easy, but it may not always be the case. These types of dancers may not physically be able to get lower due to either strength deficits or lack of...
Overcoming Sports Injuries
Sports injuries or mishaps can be very stressful both physically and mentally. In the United States, there are approximately 30 million teenagers and children who participate in some form of organized sport. Of those, about three million athletes age 14 years and...
The Importance of Glute Activation for Athletes and the Everyday Individual
The strength of the glute muscles can have a major impact on the overall strength of your body. Your glutes support your core, help to support a range of exercises and compound movements, as well as help avoid muscle imbalances that can lead to decreased muscle...
Tips for a Successful Pregame Routine
For many athletes, the most anxious time they experience in sports is just moments before game time when their nervous energy spikes, oftentimes resulting in debilitating anxiety, poor focus, and scattered thinking. In these instances, mental toughness quickly goes...
Soccer Hamstring Injuries and Rehab
Soccer, also known as fútbol (the original football), is a beautiful sport adored and played around the world. It is a predominantly lower-extremity sport, requiring speed, endurance, strength, and agility. Unfortunately, the nature of the game predisposes athletes to...
Ankle Mobility and How it can Cause Pain & Limit Performance in Athletes
Unless there is an injury or pain in the ankle, the joint’s function is quite often ignored. The way the ankle moves or doesn’t move can not only affect the joint causing pain and injury, but can also limit an athletes ability to get in certain positions needed to be...
The Basics of Sports Injury Rehab
Injuries unfortunately are a part of sports. How an athlete recovers and returns from the injury depends on each athlete and each injury. There are different severities of injury and different demands on the injured area depending on the sport being played and how...
Importance of Single-Leg Strength and Stability
Any athlete looking to strengthen their lower body is inevitably going to end up squatting and deadlifting. Athletes, coaches, and trainers alike will use these lifts and their variations as the basis for lower extremity strength training, regardless of the sport in...
Prepare Now to be Injury Free for the Next Volleyball Season
It’s the end of probably one of the most unusual volleyball seasons. There was no volleyball, then suddenly a whole lot of volleyball. Many players rapidly went from long periods off the court to a schedule packed full of practices and games. With high school and club...
Two Simple Exercises to Skate Faster
Speed on the ice is defined by stride length times stride frequency. To improve your speed, you must improve one of these two factors. Improving strength and power in the lower body will aid in the improvement of frequency and is a particularly important aspect of off...
4 Tips to a Faster Recovery
As sports kick into high gear with more practices and games being played, an emphasis on recovery will be a key element to maintaining performance while staving off injuries. As much as we think playing sports builds muscles, they actually break them down when they...
Outdoor Sports Return to Orange County: 5 Tips to Staying Healthy and on the Field
Outdoor sports have officially returned to Orange County. Though many athletes have been training, conditioning and playing games, the intensity will definitely be ramping up with more practices and games each week. The COVID-19 pandemic put many sports on the shelf...